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 86 STAT.]

1373

PUBLIC LAW 92-603-OCT. 30, 1972

(C) The first sentence of 1837(d) of such Act is amended by striking out "paragraphs (1) and (2) " and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (1) or (2)". (3)(A) Section 1838(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "July 1, 1966" in paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1966 or (in the case of a disabled individual who has not attained age 65) July 1, 1973". (B) Section 1838(a) of such Act is further amended— (i) by striking out "paragraphs (1) and (2) " in paragraph (2)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (1) or (2) "; and (ii) by striking out "such paragraphs" in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) and inserting in lieu thereof "such paragraph". (C) Section 1838 of such Act is further amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d), and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: "(c) In the case of an individual satisfying paragraph (1) of section 1836 whose entitlement to hospital insurance benefits under part A is based on a disability rather than on his having attained the age of 65, his coverage period (and his enrollment under this part) shall be terminated as of the close of the last month for which he is entitled to hospital insurance benefits." (4) Section 1839(c) of such Act is amended— (A) by inserting "(in the same continuous period of eligibility)" after "for each full 12 months"; and (B) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Any increase in an individual's monthly premium under the first sentence of this subsection with respect to a particular continuous period of eligibility shall not be applicable with respect to any other continuous period of eligibility which such individual may have." (5) Section 1839 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) For purposes of subsection (c) (and section 1837(g)(1)), an individual's 'continuous period of eligibility' is the period beginning with the first day on which he is eligible to enroll under section 1836 and ending with his death; except that any period during all of which an individual satisfied paragraph (i) of section 1836 and which terminated in or before the month preceding the month in which he attained age 65 shall be a separate 'continuous period of eligibility' with respect to such individual (and each such period which terminates shall be deemed not to have existed for purposes of subsequently applying this section)." (6)(A) Section 1840(a)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out "section 202" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 202 or 223". (B) Section 1840(a)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out "section 202" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 202 or 223". (7) Section 1875(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "aged" and inserting in lieu thereof "aged and the disabled". (d) The Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is a«iended by adding after section 21 the following: new section:

42 USC 13.95p.

42 USC 1395q.

Ante,

p. 1372.

42 USC 139Sr.

Post,

p. 1376.

"continuous period of eligibility." Post, p. 1378. Ante,

p. 1372.

42 USC 1395s.

42 USC

139SII.

45 USC 228S-2.

H O S P I T A L INSURANCE B E X E F I T S FOR THE DISABLED

"SEC. 22. Individuals under age 65— "(1) who have been entitled to annuities for not less than 24 consecutive months during each of which the first proviso of section 3(e) could have applied on the basis of an application which has been filed under paragraph 4 or 5 of section 2(a), and are currently entitled to such annuities, or who are entitled to annui-

45 USC 228c. 45 USC 228b.

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